VEHICLE TESTING.Vehicle owners are free to choose between private emission testing centers (PETC) and private motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVIC) in getting their vehicle tested. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered the suspension of mandatory testing at private MVICs noting the need to balance the needs of the public amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (PNA photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY -Owners of motor vehicles and small-time private emission centers felt relieved on Tuesday following the latest directive of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) making the testing of vehicles in private motor vehicle inspection centers (MVICs) optional. In an October 25 memorandum penned by Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante addressed to all concerned authorities in the regional and district levels of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), it states that "the testing of motor vehicles in private MVICs is no longer mandatory." Hence, motor vehicle owners should be free to ch